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Cont: 2024 Election Thread part 3

Just wondering -- the Donald Trump thread itself hasn't had much traffic in a couple days. I had some hope it would die soon but that idea is toast. (Please, we don't need a "President Donald Trump" thread too.) I am curious as to how many Continuations the thread will get in the next 4+ years. I'm sure we'll have a lot to discuss.
 
They seem to believe the prices of everything are controlled by a switchboard on the president's desk. He can just move a slider down (or up) to change the prices of oil, gas, groceries! It's wonderful! (It's unclear whether there's just one slider for general "groceries" or whether there's a separate one for each item.)
"I give you FREE MONEY! . ..And now the time has come when I relieve you of your wretched , miserable lives>/
Jack Nicholson as the Joker in the 1989 Batman.
 
The problem with Trump he it impossible to tell what he really wants to do from his just venting and just saying BS.
 
I have a question. If trump dies while in office and what's his name takes over, does that mean that he can run for office for two more terms, or just one?

I guess I'll take this over to the trump thread where it should be anyway.

Nope, thanx dudalb and TragicMonkey for your answers.


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Several articles about how much Trump and Musk disagree with each other on economic policies. Going to be interesting.
 
Because only dog **** would support someone that says and does the things Trump says and does. That's the point everyone has been making. If you support someone like that then it's saying WAY more about you than it does about them. Then to parrot his talking points? No one owes anyone respect. It's earned. Supporting Trump destroys any respect because Trump isn't worthy of respect.

This is how it goes though. After supporting such a vile man it's really YOU that's the victim, not the people he's going to victimize as you cheer him on. That's not to even say that a mass deportation would cost the US trillions and that doesn't even factor in the loss to agriculture, that's just building detention centers for 15 million people. The whole concept is stupid on its face and completely impossible to do, but here you are, cheerleading while talking about how the Republicans are "fiscally conservative".

I have a question. If trump dies while in office and what's his name takes over, does that mean that he can run for office for two more terms, or just one?


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Two, LBJ Took over when JFK was killed in 1963, elected to the POTUS on his own in 1964, and was about to run for reelection in 1968 when he withdrew over VIetnam.
 
I have a question. If trump dies while in office and what's his name takes over, does that mean that he can run for office for two more terms, or just one?

I guess I'll take this over to the trump thread where it should be anyway.


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I'm pretty sure the answer is yes, he can run twice on his own. Inheriting the presidency doesn't count against your two-term limit. But you can't game the system by having two terms of your own, then being vice president for someone else who then steps down or dies: you wouldn't be eligible to run for VP because the VP candidate has to be eligible for the presidency, which a former two-term president isn't.
 
Several articles about how much Trump and Musk disagree with each other on economic policies. Going to be interesting.
Who's Musk? I don't know her, says Trump. Why would Trump do anything for Musk now? He's served his purpose. When was the last time Trump rewarded loyalty or returned a favor once he didn't need anything from the other guy?
 
Who's Musk? I don't know her, says Trump. Why would Trump do anything for Musk now? He's served his purpose. When was the last time Trump rewarded loyalty or returned a favor once he didn't need anything from the other guy?
This. I fully expect Musk's main job is to be the fall guy when trump's economic politices fail.
 
Hopefully the venting will go down in a couple of days.
No. This is going to go on for four years, and beyond. There are still ripples from his last stint. And when that time comes when Trump supporters wake up to what he's doing to them, I will say in the strongest terms, "WE TOLD YOU!" Not as a gloat, but out of exasperation.
 
I just witnessed a conversation between jubiliant Trump supporters. They were giddy about how their mortgages will go down, how taxes will be reduce or even eliminated, prices on groceries and gasoline will be lowered. Trump is going to do all those things, "on day one"!

How? Not considered. The effects and side-effects of these happenings? Not considered. Free money! Cheap things! Infinite spending! No bills! Cake cake cake cake cake, and never stomachache!
But don’t call them stupid!
 
Congratulations to America on electing your first ever far-right dictator - you've made Vladimir Putin and the rest of the world's dictators very happy. Now watch over the next few years, to see what it is you have voted for...

Watch as the human rights of gays, lesbians, transgender people and women are all stripped away.

Watch as The Fat Orange Turd grants tax cuts to billionaires while screwing over all you poor rubes who voted him into power.

Watch as nationwide bans are enacted against abortion, with no exceptions for rape, or incest or the life of the mother.

Watch as pregnant women bleed to death while having a miscarriage, because doctors are terrified they will be charged with murder if they treat them. (Think I'm being over the top... nah. This has already happened).

Watch as some mothers survive their untreated miscarriages, only to be charged with the murder of their unborn child (and not over the top either, this too has already happened).

Watch as contraception and gay marriage are snuffed out.

Watch as environmental protections that give you food safety standards, safe drinking water and safe, breathable air, are terminated.

Watch as your country, already one of the greatest polluters in the world, becomes THE greatest polluter... greater even than China, despite the fact that you have less than 1/4 of their population.

Watch as your health care system is destroyed by being put under the control of people who are anti-science and anti-vaccines, and as the cost of prescriptions skyrockets to beyond the means of most Americans.

Watch as the freedom of your press is taken away, and replaced with state control of the media.

Watch as The Fat Orange Turd makes all his criminal charges go away, pardons the January 6 insurrectionists and attempts to exact revenge on those who opposed him

Watch as The Fat Orange Turd puts loyalist judges on the Federal benches who will make the rulings he demands.

Watch as the old, corrupt MAGA judges on SCOTUS retire, and The Fat Orange Turd replaces them with young, far-right judges who will have lifetime tenure to do his bidding, thereby locking SCOTUS into right-wing ultra-conservatism for the next few decades.

Watch your democracy die.

Y'all were set a test in 2016, and you failed. You have failed that same test again. You have voted a dangerous, deluded criminal into the White House, where the real danger is not so much The Fat Orange Turd himself, but the people he will bring with him.

Welcome to Republic of Gilead - I hope you are all happy living under authoritarian rule, and if you think it will end in 2028, when you expect to have opportunity to vote them out... I have news for you. It won't... because you won't!
Stop already. I voted for Trump, no need to keep trying to convince me.
 
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No. This is going to go on for four years, and beyond. There are still ripples from his last stint. And when that time comes when Trump supporters wake up to what he's doing to them, I will say in the strongest terms, "WE TOLD YOU!" Not as a gloat, but out of exasperation.
By venting I meant a bit less of the "we are all doomed and there is nothing we can do about it" stuff we have been getting. ANger at Trump and the stupidity of the voters I can understand and share, just a bit less of the apocaplptic.
 

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